Morning all. It's a nice day here in Florida, which puts me in the mood to look ahead as opposed to looking back on the last week, which saw 3 crappy results for us. Our most important stretch of matches so far this season takes place in the coming month, starting this Saturday with Manchester United. Click to continue reading...

Lots of stuff still bubbling over from the Carling Cup game the other night.

Carlos Vela, hat-trick hero, shows he's got a good head on his shoulders by acknowledging that young players, despite being given their chance by Arsene Wenger, have to work hard if they want to make it at Arsenal.

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Hello there,

as we creep ever closer to the end of the Interlull there are a few bits and pieces to be going on with.

Amaury Bischoff is a signing that baffled, perplexed and bemused most Arsenal fans. He has barely kicked a professional ball in anger but says he's eager to repay the faith shown in him by Arsene Wenger.

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The transfer deadline has now passed, but there is still no news from Arsenal as to who they have signed, if anybody.  Lots of speculation but at this moment, Wenger does not appear to have added to the squad. Today has been overshadowed by Manchester City, their new ownership and their £34M transfer of Robinho, who [. Click to continue reading...

If you've been following the conversations in the comments on this blog, you know that last week Sébastien Frey followed in David Trezeguet's footsteps and announced his international retirement.

You also know that Frey is 28. Which is... Well, it may not be infancy for a goalkeeper, but it's not exactly retirement age either.

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Ibrahimovic ci sarà, Figo e Amatino dietro di lui

Di PIETRO TRIA
Sarà la Roma di Luciano Spalletti a battezzare la
prima Inter dell'era Mourinho. Un duro test per
i nerazzurri, che dovranno fare i conti anche con
un lungo elenco d'infortunati andati a concentrarsi
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Arsenal 1-0 WBA

The sun was out, there were a couple of chilled beers sitting in my stomach and I must confess, it was glorious to be back watching football at the Grove.

It's funny though, because every Arsenal fan I spoke to or overheard before the game was cautious in the extreme.

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With the departures of Lehman and Gilberto, Arsenal's Invincibles have been disbanded, leaving only Kolo Toure from that famous team.   In 2003/04, Arsenal achieved something no other team in the modern era has managed to do, they went a whole season unbeaten.   Who would have though that when Manchester United were awarded a penalty and van Nislelroy [. Click to continue reading...

Howdy. That's how we do it here in Florida, with a howdy. We've got a good bit of stuff today actually, so that's good because there hasn't been much to write about for oh...about six weeks. So let's get right down to it!

First off, Robert Pires has been selected as the 6th greatest Arsenal player of all time! Click to continue reading...

UEFA halo
Originally uploaded by Toni_V Esta fotografía fue tomada en una estación de trenes allá en Zurich donde se jugo la Eurocopa.

De todos los jugadores que aparecen en las fotos ¿quienes realmente fueron estrellas de la Eurocopa?

Adidas players: Barnetta (Switzerland), Ballack and Lahm (Germany), van Persie (Netherlands), Cech (Czech Republic), Charisteas (Greece), Villa (Spain), Benzema y Vieira (France), Ivanschitz (Austria) y Chivu (Romania). Click to continue reading...

I've broken up an article about promoting from within or buying for defensive midfield, defense and attacking mid roles into 3 smaller easier and quicker to read posts heres the DM one.

Defensive midfield. Promote from within or buy?

If we look at promoting from within we have a host of potentially Arsenal quality players. Click to continue reading...

...take it off to Milan. Possibly. The man himself has been making statements that the media are interpreting as either he's staying or he's going, depending on which quotes from his most recent interview is taken. He says somewhat different things to the BBC and the the Independent, which combined give an impression that he isn't sure what he wants to do.

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Morning all, probably going to be a quick one today but we'll see how it goes.

We'll start off with Vicenzo Morabito, who is Alexander Hleb's agent but apparently is representing Emmanuel Adebayor right now. He had quite an interesting quote today:

"Arsenal are looking for Adebayor's replacement.

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Vieira and Patrice Evra were reportedly caught on camera exchanging heated words in the tunnel at Stade de Suisse (see video) after the 4-1 trouncing, the latter having to be restrained by compatriot Jean-Alain Boumsong. But most intriguing are the claims that Vieira almost came to blows with Holland striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who supposedly leaped at the opportunity to rub some salt into still-fresh wounds. Click to continue reading...

You wanna take on Patrick Vieira in a tunnel, you need the Man United hard man by your side. Yes, kids, good times, great memories.

From The Telegraph:

Patrick Vieira did not play a part in France's elimination from Euro 2008 but the former Arsenal captain was alleged to be involved in a tunnel row with one of his oldest adversaries, the Netherlands striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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Mourinho new Inter manager, signs for €9million (£7.1m) per year of a three-year contract. Matrix wants immediate meeting with new Inter manager to confirm first team role. Fabio Grosso wanted in Italy as Juventus, Roma and Fiorentina all are being talked about as possible suiters for the Lyon fullback. Click to continue reading...

Well, what an end to the season that was. A Man United double was just about enough to make me hurl down the front of my replica jersey.

And so, to Euro 2008. France are the team everyone's watching, and the group of death. Searching for Zizou, that's what we're about. A Zizou for 2008. Click to continue reading...

There's an article over on Foot Mercato that lists current form for the potential France players. Curious to see what you think about individual players. Agree? Disagree?

The Barometer

Rising: Franck Ribéry, Patrice Evra, Gaël Clichy, Grégory Coupet, Thierry Henry, Philippe Méxès, Rio Antonio Mavuba, Mathieu Flamini, Patrick Vieira, Sebastien Frey;

Stable: William Gallas, Eric Abidal, Bakary Sagna, Claude Makélélé, Alou Diarra, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Mathieu Bodmer, Mickaël Landreau, Nicolas Anelka, Willy Sagnol, Jimmy Briand, Samir Nasri, Anthony Réveillère, Lassana Diarra, Lilian Thuram, Steve Mandanda, Florent Malouda, Hatem Ben Arfa;

Falling: Djibril Cissé, Louis Saha, Jerome Rothen, Julien Escudé, François Clerc, David Trézéguet, Rowed Ulrich.

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Inter Milan and Patrick Vieira again missed the chance to lift the Serie A title after being held 2-2 at home to Siena. Watch the highlights at footiedb.com: Post from: FootieDB.com Inter vs Siena - Highlights Click to continue reading...

Atalanta hosted Inter this week and the Nerazzuri knew they couldn't afford another slip up following Roma's win over Genoa to close the gap to just one point the night before. Inter's huge injury list continued but at least it allowed 17 year old Balotelli aka "Super Mario" to start. At least Cambiasso was back [. Click to continue reading...

Just some quick video highlights of the best action from this round. I personally found the best match by far this week between Fiorentina and Genoa. Not that Genoa put up much of a fight but the Viola just played so well. It marked the return of Adrian Mutu and he wasted no time picking up [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

Four goals in 25 minutes from ten men. That's what was required shortly after Torres sunk Inter's chances in the 64th minute. Although Inter played very well for most of the game, they can only blame themselves for not being clinical in front of goal. Too many chances were wasted and although Burdisso's second yellow just [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has suggested that it was the Arsenal youth academy which kept Reading in the Premiership last season.

Reading currently have three former Arsenal youth academy players in their squad, one who is eligible to play against Arsenal tomorrow (James Harper) and two out on loan (Graham Stack and John Halls).

Last season, the Royals were reliant upon Harper and another former Gunner, Steve Sidwell, in the heart of their midfield. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger is undoubtedly one of the best talent spotters in football.

During his tenure as manager in London, the Frenchman has signed relative unknowns such Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, and Robert Pires, assembling the first unbeaten team in the top tier of English football since Preston North End in 1889.

Since then the Arsenal coach has continued to buy fabulous talents at low prices. Click to continue reading...

Juventus director Alessio Secco has added William Gallas to his already long wishlist of London-based players. Juventus were already reportedly interested in Arsenal's out-of-favor defensive midfielder Gilberto Silva, as well as Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard from cross-town rivals, Chelsea.

The Brazilian captain, at 31 and the French defender, at 30, are the two oldest outfield players in Arsene Wenger's squad. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger's undeniable genius was enough to earn him a contract extension until the 2010/11 season, and it's not hard to see why the Arsenal board were happy to keep him at the club. Under Wenger's tutelage, Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, and Robert Pires were all transformed from struggling players into terrifying French wonders.

However, Wenger doesn't do everything right, and many Arsenal fans thought that Mathieu Flamini was one of his few mistakes. Click to continue reading...